History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Avenue de Stalingrad

In Dutch: Stalingradlaan

Avenue de Stalingrad, in Brussels, has 78 buildings on the Atlas map, for 125 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1850 to 1879, with 42% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 73% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 187933
1880 – 191324
1914 – 19440
1945 – 196913
1970 – 19892
1990 – 20095
since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 83: 1870. 16 buildings in the street are dated by the heritage inventory.

Today's buildings, grouped by the period when the Atlas map first shows building on their plot. Approximate reconstruction.

Where its name comes from

Kind of name: Commemorative name
Theme: Second World War
Named in: 1945

Stalingrad est une ville de l'ancienne URSS qui fut convoitée par les Allemands. Ex. Avenue du Midi. Débaptisation en hommage au Maréchal Staline (remark in French, as published)

Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives